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Maliki (iou) and angoumois moth (medicine)


Maliki (iou)



Maliki noun & adjective. E18.
[Arab. maliki, from Malik (see below).]
A. noun. A member of one of the four sects of Sunni Muslims, following the rite of the Muslim jurist Malik ibn Anas (713-795). E18.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Malikis. L19.
Also Malikite noun & adjective M19.

angoumois moth (medicine)


angoumois moth
<zoology> A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and Other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Origin: So named from Angoumois in France.

Source: Websters Dictionary